Sacramento, Las Vegas and Minneapolis representatives will all present their cases to the league office in New York but no firm decisions will be made until after December 6 – at the MLS Board of Governors meeting.

MLS has grown rapidly in recent years and the rate of expansion across the country is showing no signs of slowing down.

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Minnesota’s bid is split. The NASL franchise has the organization and the fans, but no stadium. The Minneapolis-St. Paul area has competing sports franchises. Sacramento has a base of about 10K that will buy season tickets, more if they they get an MLS franchise. Sacramento has a solid stadium plan for a soccer-specific stadium in the urban downtown core. And there is no competition with the Kings, who wind up the NBA season about the time MLS is really cranking up…less competition for the attention of the fans.

Sacramento is the safest bet. Minnesota needs to unify their bids and look at a soccer specific venue.

Las Vegas is not really in the conversation. They have no fans, no team, no stadium. They are even farther behind than Miami.

Have to agree that Sacramento looks the best bet for now. If Miami does indeed go ahead, they and Sacramento will more than likely be the final two teams to join MLS this decade, meaning 24 teams by 2020 as Don Garber set out to achieve. Exciting times.